Quick and popular reads for teens

For more than 10 years YALSA has produced two annual lists, Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults and Quick Picks for Reluctant Readers, consisting of recommended reading targeted at young adults who are not avid readers. Quick and Popular Reads for Teens compiles bibliographic information about the books honored by these two selected lists.

• Preface p. v
• Acknowledgments p. vii
• Chapter 1 Introduction: YALSA, Teens, and Reading p. 1 Paula Brehm-Heeger and Stacy Creel
• Chapter 2 Quick Picks for Reluctant Readers: Origin, History, and Committee Processes p. 9 Jamie Watson
• Chapter 3 Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults: Origin, History, and Committee Processes p. 23 Paula Brehm-Heeger
• Chapter 4 Programming, Displays, and Readers' Advisory p. 39 Stacy Creel
• Chapter 5 Nonfiction Annotations: Quick Picks for Reluctant Readers and Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults, 1999-2008 p. 51 Pam Spencer Holley
• Chapter 6 Fiction Annotations: Quick Picks for Reluctant Readers and Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults, 1999-2008 p. 101 Pam Spencer Holley
• Chapter 7 Theme-Oriented Booklists p. 189 Pam Spencer Holley
• Index p. 207